...Tragedy of Julius Caesar written by William Shakespeare, Mark Antony uses his words to change the perspective of the commoners about the horrid death of their former commander Julius Caesar. Throughout the play, the commoners are found changing their minds on issues constantly and can be swayed just by words spoken by Antony. The intentional use of rhetoric used by Antony at Caesar’s own funeral persuades the commoners to revolt against the senators. Throughout Antony’s speech, he uses all three modes of persuasion (ethos, pathos, and logos) to make his funeral orientation a success. Ethos is a key point in making Antony an influential speaker towards his audience. Antony’s use of ethos helps convince the commoners to take his side and influences the commoners. When Antony explains how much of a friend he was to Caesar, he convinces the audience of how qualified he is to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Antony states, “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. / He was my friend, faithful and just to me;” (III.ii.85-86). Antony explains to the commoners that he has in fact been one of Caesar’s noblest men, an honorable friend....
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...If killing someone meant helping the people around you, would you do it? The Tragedy of Julius Caesar portrays an endless amount of betrayal, flaws, and defeat between many characters, inevitably causing death for most of those characters. Brutus' funeral speech is most effective due to his use of logos, pathos, and ethos. Brutus powerfully uses logos in his funeral speech for Caesar. For example, when Brutus says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more;” Brutus is very skeptical about the plan of the conspirators to kill Caesar. When he finally joined, he is convinced that he is doing this deed for nothing more than the good of Rome; Caesar was too ambitious and would soon become a tyrant. His ambition causes distress for the entire city of Rome; "death for his ambition." Caesar was becoming too powerful, and it would soon do no good for Rome as Brutus explains in his speech....
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...In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar caesar was killed by conspired because people were scared that he would become too powerful. Right after he was assassinated Brutus made a speech to help calm the people and explain and persuade that it was a good thing that they killed him. Antony, one of Caesar's best friends also spoke to the crowd. He was not aloud to speak bad about the conspirators and he had to whatever brutus said. Brutus was using logos because because he was saying that it Caesar would someday let the power get to his head and become evil. He wanted to kill him before he ever had the chance to become a dictator. He also used ethos because he was talking about how he is proud to be a roman and he didn't want them to become slaves from caesar. He said that he loved caesar but he loved the city more. And that he would be willing to die for rome if he ever had to....
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...used ethos, pathos ,and logos to persuade the audience to believe each of their speeches. So using the ethos they are both trying to get to the audiences ethics to get them to understand what will be happening after Caesar is gone. Within Brutus speech he uses ethos to get to all the people to make them understand that he is really sad the Caesar is dead. Brutus said "Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe." Even though he is not very sad because he is the one that killed Caesar ,his own friend. Caesar said he didn’t die because all of the stab wounds he said he died because he saw Brutus the one stabbing him which upset him and killed him. Antony says " They both use pathos to get to the sad and pathetic side of the audience. Brutus is wanting all of the audience to feel his petty. Brutus ask this question "Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves or have Caesar were dead and live all free men." He is asking them a Rhetorical question and wanting to know is are they seriously wanting to be mad the Caesar is dead or...
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...Brutus wants to make sure that all the people in Rome agree with him because he was only trying to help Rome. Brutus is also saying that Caesar died with benefits and his glory, Brutus says Caesar did great help to Rome because now he won’t be able to change anything from Rome. Brutus uses Pathos when he says “Is there anyone here so lacking in pride that we want to be a slave?” “If there is, speak, because it’s him I have offended.” “Who is here so vile that he does not love his country?” “If any, speak, for him I have offended.” “‘Brutus paused.” “There was silence.” Pathos is being used here“Im waiting for a reply; They all shouted at once, then, all telling him that there was no-one more to Caesar than you would do to Brutus.” The things...
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...Was Brutus’s or Antony’s speech more effective at Caesar’s funeral? In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Brutus was a Roman politician who used to be Julius Caesar’s best friend back then, but some tragic things happened. Such as Brutus getting manipulated by Cassius (a Roman senator who was against Caesar), joining a conspiracy group, stabbing poor Caesar, and then telling all the Roman citizens that Caesar was ambitious at his own funeral because he feared he would destroy Rome. While on the other hand, Antony was a Roman general who was a real friend of Caesar. After Caesar's death, he took on the role of being a leader and stood up for him at his funeral. At the funeral where both Brutus and Antony spoke, Antony was a better eulogist. He used more...
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...their deceased friend, Julius Caesar, convincing the people to join their side and beliefs. In the book, Julius Caesar, By William Shakespeare, Brutus and the other Conspirators went against Julius Caesar for the benefits of Rome and the people. They believed that Julius Caesar had too much power and would eventually abuse it. Mark Antony was Julius Caesar’s “sidekick”, and would help Caesar out in any situation. Both Brutus and Mark Antony used rhetorical appeals, logos, ethos, and pathos, to persuade the crowd that julius caesar was killed wrongly and unjustifiably or for the better of rome. Brutus and Mark Anthony tried to persuade the audience by using pathos to get their point across to the crowd. They both used emotion to make the audience feel sympathetic and understanding of their point towards the disagreement. When Brutus was presenting his speech he used Pathos to make the crowd understand why he killed Julius Caesar. Brutus said, “not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.” He wanted the people to understand that he wanted the best for Rome and the only way...
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...imagination. The use of these devices allow the readers to become more involved in the story, and it becomes more enjoyable. Decius is simply attempting to persuade Caesar into coming to the Senate House despite Calphurnia’s nightmare. Decius targets mainly Caesar’s pride while Calphurnia is attempting to reach out to him with compassion and sympathy. In the play Julius Caesar, Shakespeare reveals his understanding of the audience, uses...
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...Marcus Brutus and Marc Antony’s speeches “Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion”- Aristotle. This quote could be interpreted in different ways, but I feel it means when someone shows leadership and passion others will mostlikely follolw them. In Julius Caesar there is a huge example of persuasion, and that is the speeches of both Brutus and Antony. Antony’s speech was based mainly around pathos (emotion). Whereas, Brutus went for more of a logic and ethic approach (logos and ethos). Both of these speeches were filled with a variety of devices, techniques, and even mistakes. Which leads to the final question, whose speech was more successful? Antony’s speech was based on emotion. This is because...
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...and distrust of others’ motives and intentions are left”-Unknown. In the play “Julius Caesar” Antony uses the rhetorical devices ethos,pathos, and logos to help persuade the people of Rome to trust him. He tugs at the Roman’s heart strings when he explains how amazing and thoughtful Caesar was. He says examples of how he put Rome and the Roman people before anything else and how devastating it is now that he was murdered. He tells stories about him helping the starving and hungry people of Rome and how their unhappiness and sorrow reflected on him.He repeatedly stated that Brutus was an honorable man, but his actions were wrong and that Rome has lost an honourable and devoting leader. This, without a doubt, shows his amazing use of pathos throughout his speech. He makes the people of Rome trust what he saying by stating honourable facts about Caesar which shows the usage of both ethos and logos. Antony uses the rhetorical device ethos to help him persuade the people of Rome to trust him. One way he uses...
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...Characteristics of a noble man include being ethical, patriotic, reasonable, and showing selflessness. Being a good orator, but not a good man lies beneath the speeches of Marcus Brutus and Marc Antony. In William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Caesar’s friends are faced by an equal amount of hatred from the Plebeians with the aftermath of respected Julius Caesar’s death. There is a great struggle for the title of the noblest Roman between Brutus and Antony to reveal the most powerful and honorable man. The speedy fight for power are exposed quickly from each side of these Roman figures. After the assassination of Caesar, both Antony and Brutus relay speeches at the funeral that contain a significant amount of rhetorical techniques to their audience....
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...envious conspirators against Caesar, for they all wanted was their time to shine. In the tragedy, Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare the close ‘friends’ of Caesar form a conspiracy to plan his murder. Their dissatisfaction and covetousness of his single handed rule set the stage for the revolutionary action to take place; the murder of the emperor, Julius Caesar. The scheming Cassius, praising Decius, and dedicated Antony all use a labyrinthine combination of rhetorical devices and modes of persuasion to coerce their victims into their desires of either the death of Caesar or the condemnation of the conspirators....
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...Rhetoric in Julius Caesar under the microscope What is Rhetoric? Rhetoric is the art of persuasion to form man's mind to the speaker’s point of view. Aristotle, a Greek Philosopher, born 384 BCE in the city Stagira, Chalcidice, Greece, defined the art of persuasion. Therefore, man has used Rhetoric for all of humanity's existence. Politicians have used Rhetoric to prove their party correct. The bible even has rhetoric in Jesus’s parables and when Moses freed Israelites from captivity. Rhetoric is everywhere you look. The ability to win over a crowd with only your words is a God given talent that many men do not have. Rhetoric is the most important part of of persuasion. Rhetoric can be divided into three different categories Logos, Pathos,...
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...Julius Cesar by William Shakespeare is a very well-known piece of literature that is used worldwide. Two characters speak about Cesar's death in the throughout the reading, and they are often compared due to their different approaches. In Julius Cesar, Mark Antony's funeral speech is written better than Brutus' because he employs pathos, repetition, and ethos to go against Brutus' claims without directly attacking him. Mark Antony uses pathos effectively by giving an image that a reader can almost see. This occurs in the second paragraph when Antony says in Act III Scene I, "Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept." Antony is saying in this quote that Cesar sympathized with the poor. This quote appealed to the emotions of the Roman people by allowing them to know that this act of Cesar was not ambitious. This was definitely effective because the citizens of a town are always ready to side with the poor, as was Cesar. Antony uses a second form of Pathos towards the end of his speech in line 59-60 when he presents Cesar's will to the people and it reads, "And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds. And dip their...
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...At the mourning of Julius Caesar's death, both Antony and Brutus gave very compelling speeches with different uses of ethos, pathos, and logos but Antony's was more persuasive towards the crowd. Each hit several points and got the crowd going however Antony's speech convinced the crowd that " hated " Caesar to adore him again. Ethos is the building up of credibility of a speaker to coax the audience to trust in the more. Brutus started his speech with, " Romans, countrymen, and lovers! Hear me for my cause, and be silent that you may hear. Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you may believe. " In these statements, Brutus is attempting to entice the listeners to believe in his story because he is a public figure. On the other hand, Antony proclaims, " he was my friend, faithful and just to...
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